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Fabricating My Own Strut Bars

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Old 07-01-2005, 02:24 PM
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Nothing will fit behind the Airram if you have the bosch sensor there. Heck it is going to be hard enough to fit an IM spacer.
Old 07-01-2005, 02:28 PM
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It doesn't need to be the same height as the airram.. it can angle down
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I don't have an Air-Ram but from all the pics I've seen, I don't really see there being enough room behind the Air-Ram for a 3 point strut-brace... Not without a lot of hassle anyway.

If there was a way of doing it properly, the Koreans would've already made it.
Old 07-01-2005, 07:40 PM
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Guys, a three point strut bar sounds very sexy, but there is just not enough space to do it, allthough I have seen strut bars that go behind the IM, I have not seen an install with an actual AirRam. I also think someone would already have made those if they could be fitted, RSide for instance... there is very little space between the AirRam and the firewall, and if tolerances are not 100% tight, you are risking of the bar bumping in the firewall, and beleive me it's a major PITA, I had one not-tight-enough-bolt when I moved things to get the AirRam there and it sounded as if the car was braking in two pieces, which leads me to second tanc's observation that our firewall is too thin to atach anything to it, it's not stress prepeared.
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again, with the air ram, simply mount the idle motor under the intake manifold
it will give you more space to deal with and easier "plumbing"
Old 07-02-2005, 09:06 AM
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Guys, there's not enough room ABOVE the airram, and probably not enough rooom BEHIND it, even with the sensor removed.

Make some braces that put the bar in FRONT of the airram.
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I moved mine to the front...........

<span style="color:yellow">strut bar</span>
Old 07-03-2005, 08:44 AM
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MaxxTib!
Where you get the Strut bar made from?
How much was it
Thanks
Old 07-03-2005, 09:05 AM
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Thanks for the pic, that Strut bar is very similar to the one I will be fabricating.




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